curmudgeonly

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

curmudgeonly
    adj 1: brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a
           crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff
           manner"; "a gruff reply" [syn: {crusty}, {curmudgeonly},
           {gruff}, {ill-humored}, {ill-humoured}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Curmudgeonly \Cur*mudg"eon*ly\, a.
   Like a curmudgeon; niggardly; churlish; as, a curmudgeonly
   fellow.
   [1913 Webster]

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